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Prepared by Richard Gause, Richard Harrison, and Terrie Sypolt.
See also: Education Databases | Online Reference Sources: General | Education Web Sites
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Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms Frequently Used by Oak Ridge DOE Contractors
Look up 61,000 acronyms/abbreviations and their meanings. A searchable database containing common acronyms and abbreviations about all subjects, with a focus on computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military.
Enter an acronym to find its corresponding full name or phrase.
Web site is not a replica of The Florida Almanac that is in Ready Reference.
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs offers a fundamental reference source for students, library patrons, library reference staff, and scholars alike, includes biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, statistics.
Links to the homepages of over 16,000 non-profit organizations. Find organizations, jobs, internships, events and more, in 152 countries.
Produced by the University of Waterloo, this site provides links to nearly 1,300 worldwide associations and societies, academies, federations, and other groups pursuing scholarly activities. By the University of Waterloo.
Links to over thousands of organizations. Search by group name, country, region, mission or group focus.
Arranged by occupation, from the Librarians' Index to the Internet
Enables users to locate biographical entries contained in more than 1,000 volumes and editions of important current and retrospective biographical reference sources.
References 12.7 million biographical sketches in more than 3,400 current and retrospective reference books, covering contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.
Citations to biographies published in books, magazines, and journals.
Cites more than 2,700 periodicals and 1,800 books, including individual and collective biographies, as well as juvenile literature.
Biography Resource Center combines Gale biographies with related full-text articles from magazines and newspapers, thousands images, and links to vetted websites.
People included are from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Search by name, birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender. List of Sources included,such as the Dictionary of American Biography.
Canceled due to budget cuts. Print volumes 1 - 60 are availible in Main Library, Orlando, Reference DA28 .O95 2004. Other databases that provide biographical information include Biography Resource Center and Biography & Genealogy Master Index. Contact Ask a Librarian for help.
Allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations.
National, state, county, place & county subdivision, metropolitan area
Publication information and MARC records on over 600,000 children's books, and more than 100,000 reviews.
Lists resources related to books for children. By the University of Calgary.
Offers abstracts of over 5000 children's picture books; search capabilities for over 950 keywords, including topics, concepts, and skills which describe each book; and weblinks for keywords so one can integrate up-to-date content knowledge with the picture book resources. By Miami University.
Creates a tailored reading list of quality children's literature or to find out if a book has won one of the indexed awards. By Lisa Bartle.
Selection of 800 sketches from Something About The Author.
CollegeSource® Online features over 13,624 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools.
Directory of colleges and universities.
Includes technical and distance learning programs, and other institutions of higher education.
Also print copy in Reference L 901 .P442
Theory and research in international affairs, publishing a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
Search by word or country then go to the education section. By the Library of Congress.
The largest dictionary of word descriptions and history of usage.
Also available in print in Main Library Reference -- PE1625.M7 1989.
Selectively ncluded in Biography Resource Center.
By San Diego State University, Dept. of Educational Technology.
Premier encyclopedia for behavioral and social sciences.
Database of federal programs available to state and local governments
the Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
E-Access contains full-text articles and chapters regarding research, trends, technologies, and challenges in the fields of information science, technology and management.
Newer edition in Reference GV 731 .H85 2004 Move to reference. Older to gencol
Acquires, processes, documents, and disseminates data collected by national, state or provincial, local, and private organizations, pertaining to all levels of education in countries for which data can be made available.
Indexes statistical publications and some full text.
Includes:
The UCF Library has the full text of some ASI, SRI, and IIS reports in print or microfiche. Tips for Searching.
Primary government agency for collecting and analyzing educational data for the U.S. and its comparison to those of other countries.
A list of freely available statistical resources compiled by the University of Michigan.
A database used for searching colleges, test preparation, searching vocational ro career schools, planning eduaction finances and scholatic opportunities.
Information about and reviews of English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas.
Search by alphabetical or category listing or test titles by keyword to access information just as it appears in the test description portion of The Mental Measurements Yearbook series.
Last Updated January 24, 2009
